Archive for December, 2007

Last weekend I was in the one of the first public audience to experience Disaster!, the tweaked replacement for Universal’s Earthquake ride. I’ll mostly say “ditto” to the review by “Gareth H” on Theme Park Insider that Kelly linked to, with a couple addendums: 1. The 1st preshow (formerly the model room) is fantastic, both [...]

Theme Park Insider has a report from someone who experienced the soft opening of the reworked version of Earthquake. The usual spoiler alerts apply. But what really intrigued me was this: I also want to mention that an insider notified me last week that once this & the Simpsons opens, the next attraction to close [...]

An email from Universal is offering a few hints about the new Disaster attraction that will replace Earthquake. Disaster! will offer guests an all-new experience that combines the most dramatic parts of Earthquake with new celebrity talent, new ride elements, new digital technologies, and a new storyline. A specific opening date for the new attraction [...]